Ending a tenancy
How a lease moves to its terminated or expired state.
Ending a tenancy
A lease can end in two ways:
- Expiry — the lease reaches its end date without being renewed.
- Termination — you end the lease manually before its term is up (e.g. mutual agreement, cause, or the tenant vacating).
Ending a lease early
Open the active lease.
Choose to terminate the lease and confirm the effective date.
The lease moves to Terminated status.
Notice to vacate
From an active lease, choose Notice to vacate to generate a PDF notice. You set who's serving the notice (landlord or tenant), an optional reason, and the vacate-by date — pre-filled from the lease's notice period, but editable. The PDF is generated on demand and isn't stored or sent automatically; download it and deliver it the way your jurisdiction requires.
This notice is informational only and is not legal advice. OneRental does not track jurisdiction-specific minimum notice periods (e.g. BC's Residential Tenancy Act minimums) or required notice content. Confirm the notice period and wording meet your local tenancy law before serving it.
Security deposits
OneRental does not have a deposit-return step built into lease termination. If you need to record deposit deductions, do this through a move-out inspection report rather than on the lease itself.